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Old 02-09-2010, 08:01 AM   #1
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clowns sleeping on sand??

I woke up about 3am last night, so I checked on the tank with a flashlight, without pointing it at the tank. I noticed my two clowns where sleeping on the sand! Is that normal?

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Clowns will sleep anywhere. Mine sleep on different corals on the sand and on top of equipment.
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Old 02-09-2010, 08:26 PM   #3
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On more then one occasion my clown has given me a scare as well. My brown saddle literally lays on his side, fins up, wedged under the LR. Even when the lights come on he swims all weird and groggy for a few minutes then back to his normal self.
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That's why they're called CLOWNfish <lol>
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haha! I feel like they are my kids or something.....I check on them all the time!
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Mine sleep in the sand, up in the corner of the tank, on the protein skimmer.
They always tend to dig a nest in the sand.

As many have said in the past - Clowns will be Clowns!
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My one sleeps on top of the filter's powerhead section.
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